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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 37.pdf

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1881

Sept 1 Ad plowing in the north field very warm day he draged the peice where the peas was on
2 Ad Rolled the peice and draged it again
3 Ad in the corner part of the same field I atended an {illegible} at {illegible}
4 Revd Mr Houston preached this morning Mr Shane at night very warm day
5 Ad laid the ridges in the south part of the north field & ridges in the south part of the norht field & ridged up part of it
6 Ad started to plow with 3 horses in the north west corner of the north field it does well
7 Ad plowed with the 3 horses I got the tines sett on the Milk waggon yesterday afternoon & one tine of lumber waggon by McDonald
8 I went to Delta fair Bessie went with me I acted as Judge on sheep stoped at Watts
9 I got home at 8 oclock to night Ad plowed or ridged up for the fall wheat the ground is very dry and the are is full of smoke
10 Ad is plowing with 3 horses in the corner field
11 Revd Mr Shane preached this morning Mr Huston at night
12 Ad is plowing with the 3 horses he has finished the corner peice and is rolling it is very lumpy
13 Ad sowed 4 1/2 bushel of fall wheat on the south west part of the North field I sowed a peice of the head ridge with the wheat that came from Mr Rennie last year it is 7 pace in width and 21 paces in lenth southwest corner
14 Ad Rolled and draged the part of the northwest field that he crofs plowed with the 3 horse team
15 Ad took out some big stones in the corner field
16 Ad worked at a large stone in the corner of the field it is very large one Bille came home from Parry Sound this morning he helped Ad to scrape a hole in the gravel pt for water in the {illegible} very warm day
17 Ad and Wallace is plowing & scraping ditch with {rest of

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